Shade and curtain bracket



1,502.935 A. BOHRJER SHADE Am) CURTAIN BRACKET Filed May 15 1922 4 Q \\I 'T r INVENTOR Az yi Palrez;

WITNESSES 70 2 ATTORNEY Patented July 29, 1924.

UNITED STATES AUGUST BOHREBI, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW' JERSEY.

SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Application filed May 15,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUs'r BOHRER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Shade and Curtain Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window shades and curtain brackets and its primary object is to provide an efiicient device of this character for properly supporting a curtain drapery pole and adjustably supporting a shade roller in its proper relative position.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a shade and curtain bracket which consists of comparatively few parts and is simple in construction, but durable and well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which devices of this character are ordinarily subjected. j c

For a full description of the invention and the advantages and merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings. wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device constructed in accordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevation,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspectiv view of a portion of the bracket.

Figure 4 is a sectiontaken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention, the details of which embody the pre ferred form, and in which like numerals of, reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the base plate 1 is constructed from a suitable length of material which should be long enough to fit the standarditype of window casing. Each terminal of the base plate 1 is rolled upon itself to form a cylindrical sleeve 2. The base plate is fastened to the window casing in any preferred manner and as illustrated, the base plate is provided with openings 3 for the reception of screws or the like. When the device is thus mounted in position the sleeves 2 will be disposed to support a curtain pole hook two of which will be indicated at 5 in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Each hook comprises the hooked end which is formed at the terminal of the 1922. Serial No. 561,059.

horizontal projecting arm of the hook, the latter being bent at right angles to project through the sleeve 2 and thus be free to swing in the sleeve. To maintain this hook in perfectly straight and rigid position, however, I have provided each sleevewith a recess 6 as shown to advantage in Fig. 3 of the drawing and this recess receives the arm of the hook and prevents swinging movement thereof unless thehook is lifted up from the sleeve.

Extending longitudinally of the base plate 1 is a retaining plate 7 the same being slightly spaced from the base plate thus forming a keeper space between the retaining plate and the base plate. This retaining plate is preferably formed of an integral pair of base plates which is shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, is bent outwardly and upwardly from the lower marginal edge of the base plate and; is disposed in laterally spaced relation from the same the ends of which are bent toward the base plate so that the keepers space is open only at its top. This retaining plate is provided with a series of vertical slots 8 longitudinally spaced apart and extending from the upper marginal edge of the plate to a point near the lower edge of the same. A pair of keepers .are supported by the retaining plate and each keeper is formed from a suitable strip of material bent upon itself intermediate its ends to form the supporting plate at each end of the strip and extended in opposite directions to form flanges 10 slidably fitted in the keepers space between the plates. These keepers are provided with suitable notches for the reception of the ends of'a shade roller and it will be noticed that the keepers may be longitudinally adjusted by.

placing them in any of the slots 8 thus varying the distance between the keepersto accommodate shade rollers of difierent lengths.

From the foregoing it will be observed that a very simple and durable shade and curtain bracket has been provided, the details of which embody the preferred form. I desire it to be understood, however, that slight changes in the minor details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

Claim:

A combined curtain and shade bracket formed from a single sheet of material bent at its longitudinal axis to provide a base plate and a retaining plate, said retaining sleeves adapted to receive curtain supporting plate having spaced notches formed thereon elements. 10 adapted to receive means for supporting a In testimony whereof I affix my signature shade roller and having its ends bent at in presence of two Witnesses.

right angles toward the base plate to keep AUGUST BO'HRER. said retaining plate spaced parallel from Witnesses: said base plate and the ends of said base LOUIS 'FRED. SOHULT,

plate being rolled to provide cylindrical JAMES FEENE. 

